extended family principle; big family policy
Business or social policy term referring to an organizational or corporate culture that treats employees like a large family, emphasizing loyalty, lifetime employment, and mutual support.
Japanese companies once exhibited a management policy based on the extended family principle.
The extended family principle can sometimes increase employee retention.
Compound of 大家族 (extended family) and 主義 (principle, doctrine). The term likely emerged in post-war Japanese business discourse to describe a paternalistic corporate culture.